This candidate will run district like business

I am writing to encourage your readers to vote for Jared O'Donnell for school director.

You will hear many candidates talking about property taxes but Jared is the only candidate running for school director that has taken the time to contact our state representatives and state senators regarding the financial difficulties facing our senior citizens and the impact that property taxes have on them.

Jared firmly believes that our school funding needs to change from a property tax system (that is inherently unfair to our senior citizens) to a more broad-based earned income and sales tax formula. Jared has repeatedly questioned why someone who rents a house or apartment and has children in our schools is exempt from funding our schools. How is that fair to our seniors who no longer have children in our schools?

Some candidates are continuously complaining about so-called majority/minority factions on the board but they themselves are already pitting people against each other. Jared has ignored these arguments and is committed to working with every member of the board for the betterment of our school district.

Every election it is stated "Our school district needs to be run as a business" but today we have candidates running who don't have the finance background to run a business. Jared is a finance major and is currently working in the insurance and financial services industry. His educational and work experience is what we need to establish a sustainable budget that focuses on meeting our student needs and that is fair to our taxpayers. Jared has the integrity and the independence to make sound financial decisions on what is right instead of what is in the best interests of his family or friends.

Each election, we are presented with more and more candidates that are retired school district employees or administrators. I think now it is the time to vote in a new candidate with new perspectives and new ideas to address the needs in our school district. Please vote for Jared O'Donnell on May 21.

Brian Earley,

Conyngham

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